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Back-of-the-envelope calculation.
A back of the envelope calculation is a figure that was arrived at quickly or by using estimation--as if someone had grabbed the first scrap of paper they found and made a quick guess.
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But I was really moved by it all, particularly the backing of the students.
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"We've increasingly placed the financial burden of college on the backs of the students.
According to the police, Mr. Blacks used a disposable lighter to ignite the back of the student's hair at Springfield Gardens High School.
When he walked into the training room with his ever-present toothpick in his mouth, the backs of the student trainers immediately straightened up.
I did learn something I actually found awesome (though not particularly amazing): the back of the student center stands in for the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital during the opening credits of the TV series "House".
Instead, we got Ed – the younger, lanky "weird" one with the nasal voice, and the shock of thick, black hair that always reminds me of the gothy kid at the back of the student union.
He has maintained his time in Bath on the back of the student vote.
I then ran to the front of the classroom, back to the students, and instructed her to wing the marker at my head (missed me, wide right).
The findings of the study are useful in understanding the back ground of the students, their awareness on fashion education, source of information, preferences of careers and life aspirations.
Rebecca's moves during the examined lesson included student-centered moves such as prompting questions, re-voicing her students' ideas without evaluating, and tossing back some of the students' questions to the other students.
The president also enjoys significant backing among many of the students.
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